I bought a junk car and put alot of work into it and installed a new head light, tail light and signal light assembly.My problem is that I know the bulbs are 1156, 1157, and 168, but what colors do i need for the tail lights and signals.....the assembly is clear not red so the bulbs are white!!!1. Parking Light Color?2. Brake Light Color?3. Signal Light For Front And Rear Colors?4. Tail Light Color?thanks
Parking lights: Amber in front, Red in rear Turn Signal lights: Amber in front, Amber or Red in rear Tail Lights: Red Brake lights: Red 1156 bulbs are single filament while 1157 ones are dual filament. Your Tail Lights will be 1157's, since they also act as your brake lights. Some cars also use 1157 bulbs in the front turn signals, using the second filament for the front parking lights. Your Reverse Lights MUST be clear. A few years ago, I was stopped by a local police officer for having green bulb covers on the rear turn signals and blue ones on my reverse lights. He was nice enough to show me in his traffic handbook the lighting color rules and let me go since I fixed it on the spot. If you do get stopped for wrong-colored lights, be polite and offer to correct the problem right then if you can. Doing that saved me from 2 tickets that night.
